Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 5°43′♋︎ Cancer 16°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°05′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°06′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 27°33′♈︎ Aries 16°37′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°50′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 28°44′♓︎ Pisces 26°38′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 15°28′♋︎ Cancer 29°02′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 23°17′♓︎ Pisces 13°23′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 13°34′♈︎ Aries 6°45′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 4°24′♌︎ Leo 21°28′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°16′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 13 Dec 1819 – 2 Jan; 2 Apr – 26 Apr; 6 Aug – 29 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Jul – 21 Aug
Mars retrograde: 7 Dec 1819 – 25 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Jul – 8 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 2 Apr – 9 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jun – 10 Dec
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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